Chicago · Licensed center

I Have A Dream Learning Day Care Center

Medium center, licensed for 74 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 10 of 18 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: June 4, 2026
On file: 18 visits since June 2011 — 8 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was July 4, 2026. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious: Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.

Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · June 4, 2026

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) through (f)(19) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 407.210(f)(19)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected on site

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · June 4, 2024

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) through (24) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · 407.210(f)(16) · 407.210(f)(24)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) through (q)(2) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(q)(2)

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected on site

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · June 21, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (7) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · June 11, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(f)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · 407.90(d)(2)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · August 6, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f)

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · June 28, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 25, 2018

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2017 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2017 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · June 1, 2017

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(4)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2016 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 23, 2014

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2011 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 30, 2011

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499149 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

7734240636

Address: 6117 S Ashland Ave # 21
License: license issued (il)

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All checked July 2026.

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Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "I HAVE A DREAM LEARNING DAY CARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60636 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 499149).